[Biopython] Problems parsing with PSIBlastParser

Peter biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Tue Nov 3 12:52:54 UTC 2009


On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Michiel de Hoon <mjldehoon at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Last time I checked (which was a few weeks ago), a multiple-query PSIBlast
> search gives a file consisting of concatenated XML files. The problem is in
> the design of Blast XML output. For a single-query PSIBlast, the fields under
> <BlastOutput_iterations> are used to store the output of the PSIBlast iterations.
> For multiple-query regular Blast, the same fields are used to store the search
> results of each query. With multiple-query PSIBlast, there is then no way to
> store the output in the current XML format. I've been meaning to write to NCBI
> about this, but I haven't gotten round to it yet. Will do so this weekend.
>
> --Michiel.

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Peter



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